Car-door track



March 31 1931. K. J. TOBIN ET AL CAR DOOR TRACK Filed Feb. 16, 1928 Patented Mar. 31, 1931 r UNE'EED STATES PATENT OFFICE KENNETH J. TOBIN AND CARL E. EKLIND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO CAMEL COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS GAR-DOOR TRACK Application filed February 16, 1928. Serial No. 254,681.

This invention relates to a car door track, the car during its opening and closing moveand it is among the obj ects of this invention to ments. prevent seepage between the track and car Provision is made for a sealing substance 7 to facilitate the flow of rain and slush from such as plaster, cement, between the track and g. the track and to cause the door to gravitate its support. In the present instance, this outwardly to more effectively clear the side provision is illustrated as in the form of of the car when the same is opened or closed. grooves or scorings 2 longitudinally directed. The invention comprises the novel structure The plastic cement in said grooves, which is and combination of parts hereinafter depressed tightly against the attaching flange 7, m scribes antL more particularly pointed out and in assembly, provides a tight oint that effecmy:

defined in the appended claim. tively excludes the rain and weather, so that In the accompanying drawings, which illuswater or moisture cannot seep therethrough. trate a preferred embodiment of this lnven- We are aware that many changes may be tion and in which similar reference numerals made, and numerous details of construction refer to similar features in the different views: may "e varied through a wide range without 55 Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional view departing from the principles of this inventhrough a house car illustrating a track intion and we therefore do not purpose limiting volving this invention with a door support the patent granted hereon, otherwise than thereon. necessitated by the prior art. to Figure 2 is a fragmentary rear elevational We claim as our invention:

view of the ac in detached form. The combination with a vertical flange, of

track member having a roller traveling por- Figure is a sectional view of a slightly ion and a vertical attachlng flange secured to a modified form of track in connection with its t attaching neans. s id vertical flange, said attaching flange hav 2.: Figure l is a view similar to Figure 3 illusing a peened upper edge and a longitudinal 75 trating a f=- the-r modified form of track. gro ve adjacent said vertical flange and a r igure 5 is a view similar to Figure 3 illus- S filing Substance in Said grOOVe. mating further modified form of track. In testimony whereof, we have hereunto A i"'ure 6 is a sectional view of a bottom S bscribed Our a es. 11%: track. CARL E. EKLIND. so In the drawings, several forms of tracks KENNETH J. TOBIN. are illustrated, all of which embody the invention. Each of the tracks has an attaching flange 1 which is adapted to be attached to some supporting means upon the ear such as 35 the flange 7 of a Zbar. The edges of such flange may also be peened over, as indicated at 3, to provide callring edges. Each attaching flange has a horizontal ledge or flange l which Q slightly inclines downwardly in an outward direction. The rollers 5 of a sliding door 6 are adapted to travel upon the flange 4 which forms the track proper. The inclined feature 15 of the track flange l has a two-fold purpose. In the first place, it more readily sheds the rain and snow, and in the second place, it causes the rollers 5 to gravitate towards the outer edge of the track flange with the result 50 that the door will travel clear of the side of K00 Jll 

